Caring for the Orphans

Tyrannus Hall Podcast

This is the second of 3 episodes where we investigate how the church, in its mission in the world, can learn anew its calling to care for the vulnerable and the weak; that the church must more and more become a place where the weak, the vulnerable, the defenceless and the exploited can find refuge and safety, and become a supportive loving community where the “least of these” can flourish and grow to be the people God meant them to be.
Jo and Chris introduce us to Connect Care Ottawa, a unique organization that seeks to bring together secular Children’s Aid Societies (CAS) and the Church. CAS has become suspicious of the Church, not expecting to find a safe place for children in her midst, and churches have become suspicious of secular CAS, wondering how such secular organizations can nurture children.
Connect Care desires to show CAS that the church can become a valuable resource for caring for vulnerable children , and to show the church that it has a calling to “love the stranger’ and to “lengthen their table” and welcome foster children and their parents into a christian environment. Connect Care wants christians to learn “how to spend their wealth” on “taking care of widows and orphans.” Connect Care teaches churches and church leaders how to work with the CAS and so become loving, nurturing, compassionate communities of grace.
A third episode in this series is coming soon: Extending grace to trafficked women and their children; a rescue mission from the porn industry.
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